“ANAFOOT Shall Not Relent In Its Primary Mission”

How far have you gone since the selection of the first batch of trainees?
The first batch of trainees of the National Football Academy made up of more than 400 trainees was scouted in February 2018 with an average age of 12 years. The trainees have continued to undertake professional football training in the ten Regional Poles of ANAFOOT for approximately 18 months now. For the next four years the Academy shall dwell on improving the physical, technical and tactical abilities of the trainees towards an all-out blown football professional career. At averagely 14 years of age, these trainees have already participated in several inter-Academy competitions where they emerged champion. 
Which are  the activities of ANAFOOT? 
For the moment, only 3 Divisions are operational at the national Football Academy. These include: The Division of Training in Football Related Professions, The Division of Technical and Vocational Training in High level Football and, The Department of Administration and Finance. The missions assigned to the other Divisions are under the coordination of these 3, sited above. Generally, the activities of ANAFOOT these past years have centred around the training of young Cameroonians in football related professions such as video analysis, sports managers, communication officers, community coaches; the establishment of partnership agreements with institutions such as IAI-Cameroon, the syndicate of Councils of the Noun Division, QNet; the scouting of other potential partners at home and abroad who could strategically accompany the Academy towards the achievement of its goals; the scouting, training, selection and monitoring of young talented footballers from within the ten regions of the country; The preparation, production and distribution of pedagogic documents used by the trainers in the 10 Regional Poles of ANAFOOT; the organization of special intensive t...